Garage



July 16, 1929.

L. s. JOSLIN 1,721,453

GARAGE Filed Oct. 8, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 4 July 16, 1929. L, 5 JQSLIN 1,721,453

GARAGE Filed Oct. 8, 1925 2 Shee tS Sheet 2 Patented July 16, 1929.

LAWRENCE S. JOSLIN, OF BBAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARAGE.

Application filed October 8, 1925.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to garages.

Heretofore, garages have been constructed with an entrance and exlt at one slde of the building, and ramps have been arranged to receive and deliver cars at points adjacent to the entrance and exit. hen the garage has large floor areas for the storage of many cars, during rush hours it has been found that the ramp arrangements have been inadequate to provide for the safe, rapid passage of cars into the garage to their berths, and departure therefrom.

One of the purposes of the invention, therefore, is to provide a garage having up and down travel ramps so arranged with respect to one another and with respect to entrances and exits that the travel of the cars through the entrances to their berths and their departure therefrom to the exits are desirably facilitated.

The character of the invention may be best understood by reference to the following description of one good embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings, where- Fig. 1 is a plan of a floor of the garage showing the disposition of the ramps and their location with respect to the entrances and exits, parts of the ramps being broken away; and Fig. 2 on a reduced scale is a vertical section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the garage shown therein as one good embodiment of the invention, has a basement floor 1, floors 2 to 8, and a roof 9, said floors being desirably constructed of concrete, and the floor 2 being at the ground or street level. The floors are supported by columns 11 disposed at suitable intervals. The garage is adapted for location on a site enabling it to face at least two streets, and in the present instance ofthe invention, there are provided an entrance 13 at one side of the garage, an entrance 15 at the opposite side of the garage, an exit 17 at the same side of the garage as the entrance 13, and an exit 19 at the same side of the garage as the entrance 15, as indicated by arrow lines in Fig. 1, although the entrances and exits might be located at other sides of the building, as indicated by the arrow lines, it the situation is such as to require 1t.

A passageway 21 of substantial width ex-.

tends from the entrance 13to the exit 19, and

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a passageway 23 of substantial width extends from the entrance 15 to the exit 17.

A pair of inclined ramps 25 and 27 lead from the entrance 13, the ramp 25 being adapted for travel of cars from the street floor 2 up to the next floor 3 above it, and the ramp 27 being adapted for travel of cars from the street floor 2 down to the basement. A pair of inclined ramps 29 and 31 lead from the entrance 15, the ramp 29 being adapted for travel of cars from the street floor 2 up to the floor 3 above it, and the ramp 31 being adapted for travel of cars from the street floor 2 down to the basement. A pair of inclined ramps 32 and 33 lead to the street floor exit 17, the ramp 32 being adapted for travel of cars up from the basement to said exit, and the ramp 33 being adapted for travel of cars down from the floor 3 to said exit. A pair of ramps 35 and 37 lead to the street floor exit 19, the ramp 35 being adapted for travel of cars up from the basement to the street floor, and the ramp 37 being adapted for travel of cars down from floor 3 to said exit.

The ramps for floors above the street floor are constructed and arranged similarly to those for the first floor. For example, the third floor at has a pair of ramps 25 and 27*, respectively for travel of cars up and down from said floor and a pair of ramps 32 and 33, respectively for travel of cars up and down to said floor; and the fifth floor 6 1 has a. pair of ramps 25 and 27 respectively for travel of cars up and down from said floor and a pair of ramps 32 and 33*, respectii ely for travel of cars up and down to said floor. This construction and arrangement of ramps is duplicated above the up-travel ramps 29, 35 and the down-travel ramps 31, 37. Thus two groups of ramps are provided which are spaced a. substan tial distance and are appropriately disposed to cooperate with the floor passageways to form the winding paths of the up-travelling and down-travelling cars. Since .vertical sections, such as Fig. 2, through both groups show the same form of construction, Fig. 2 can be accepted as illustrating both sections.

The ramps of each pair, in the present in stance are straight and extend side-by-side in oppositely inclined relation. They are provided with an inner curb 39, an outer curb 41 and intermediate curbs 43 formed of concrete. The inner, intermediate and outer curbs are of progressively increasing lengths to facilitate the cars making easy turns at the ends of the ramps.

The end portions of the ramps are rovided with protecting rails 45. Rising rom the outer curb 41 is a wall having a fire wall portion 47 and windows 49. lVire grille walls such as the wall 51 are provided between pairs of parallel inclined ramps and between the outer and inner ramps. In Fig. 2 of the drawing,,merely one wire grille wall is shown, but such a wall will be provided for all floors with theexception of the top floor. Fireproof windows 53 admit light from a light and ventilating shaft 55 to the inner ramp, and thence through the intermediate wire grille wall 51 to the outer ramp.

Each floor may have an area sufficient to provide storage for as many cars as desired. In the present instance the floor area adjacent to the ramps has car receiving berths 57 extending along the passageway 21, car receiving berths 59 extending along the passageway 23, car receiving berths 61 extending along the outer ramps at one side of the light shaft, car receiving berths 63 extending along the outer ramps at the opposite side of the light shaft, car receiving berths 65 between the inner ramps at one end of the light shaft, and car receiving berths 67 between the inner ramps at the opposite end of the light shaft. Rails 69 are provided above the curbs at opposite sides of each of the ramps leading up to and down from the top floor.

It will be understood that each of the floors above the basement, excepting the top floor, will have a pair of ramps leading up to it, a pair of ramps leading down to it, a pair of ramps leading up from it, and a pair of ramps leading down from it. The top floor will have a pair of ramps leading up to it and apair of ramps leading down from it. However, if it is desired to utilize the roof of the garage for storage of cars, the top floor would have the same arrangement of ramps as the other floors. In the present instance the two entrances are located in diagonally opposed relation, and the two exits are located in diagonally opposed relation, but the entrances shown might be used as exits and the exits shown might be used as entrances at will.

In a garage equipped with entrances, exits and ramps as described above, cars may enter the garage through two entrances on different streets, and may leave the garage through two exits on different streets, thereby not only expediting the passage of the cars to and from the garage, but also relieving the congestion of traflic on the streets. Cars may simultaneously pass through the entrances 13 and 15 to the up-ramps and pass through winding paths formed by the rip-ramps and the wide passages connecting them, and pass progressively up from fioor to floor until arriving at the berths on the floors to which they are as signed. Also, cars may travel down from their berths in winding paths formed by the down-ramps and the wide passages connecting them, and pass progressively down from floor to floor until arriving at the exits l7 and 19. The winding path of the up-travel cars is outside of, parallel to, and in the same general direction as the winding path of the down-travel cars as indicated by the arrow lines (Fig. 1), and therefore, there will'be no danger of collision of the up and down travelling cars as they pass from floor to floor. The arrangement is such that the cars entering the garage may pass directly to the up or down ramps without crossing the paths of the cars leaving the garage.

The cars arriving through one of the entrances will pass directly to the basement or to the second floor, and the cars arriving through the other entrance will pass directly to the basement or to the second floor; and the cars from one entrance on arrival at the basement or second floor will be at the opposite side of the ramp system from the cars on the basement or second floor arriving from the other entrance. Also the cars arriving through the entrances pass directly up or down from the first or street floor where they are not in the way of cars approaching the exits on the street floor. The cars approach both of the exits from the basement or second floor, but the cars approaching one of the exits are on the opposite side of the system from the cars approaching the other exit, and hence they do not interfere with one another.

There are four series of ramps including an rip-travel series and a clown-travel series at one side of the light shaft, and an up-travel series and a clown-travel series at the opposite side of the light shaft. The ramps of each series are in superposed relation or tiers. The ramps of the up-travel series are in crossing relation with respect to the down-travel series, and in the present instance they cross 7 each other substantially midway between the ends thereof.

The four series of ramps and passageways on the floors connecting the ends thereof are so arranged that two lines of cars may travel at the same time up two separate independent circuits, and two lines of cars may travel at the same time down two separate independent circuits. One of the rip-travel circuits has ramps in each of the two up-travel series alternating with ramps of the other up-travel circuit in each of the two up-travel series. Also one of the clown-travel V circuits has ramps in each of the two down-travel series alternating with ramps of the other downtravel circuit in each of the two down-travel series. v V

A line of cars can pass through theentrance 13 and follow one of the rip-travel circuits,

the entrance 15 and follow the other up-travel circuit. The cars following these two circuits do not travel along the same ramps.

For example, cars passing through the entrance 13 on the street floor 2 may go up a ramp to the second floor 3, cross on said floor to, and pass up a ramp to the third floor 4, cross on said floor to, and pass up a ramp to the fourth floor 5, and in a similar manner may follow the circuit and travel up from fioor-to-floor, to the floor to which the car is assigned for storage.

Cars passing through the entrance 15 on the street floor may pass up a circuit including ramps alternating with the ramps followed by the cars arriving through the entrance 13. The cars following these two separate independent circuits will cross on the floor passageways at opposite ends of the light shaft. For example, cars arriving at the entrance 13 will pass up the ramp 25 to the second floor 3 and cross on said floor at the right (Fig. 2), whereas cars arriving at the entrance 15 will pass up the ramp 29 to the second floor and cross on said floor at the left (Fig. 2). Thus the cars following these twoup-circuits will not meet since they cross over passageways on the floor 3 corresponding to the passageways 21 and 23 on the typical floor plan shown in Fig. 1. i In a similar manner the down-travel cars may follow through two separate independent circuits down to the street floor and leave at the exits.

The cars may leave either of the exits. For example, if a car, following the normal circuit of the ramps would leave the garage at the exit 17, it can pass on the street or any other floor partially around the ramp system and leave at the exit 19. This may be necessary where the streets at the opposite sides of the garage are one-way streets.

In some instances it may be desirable to eliminate the light shaft in order that the floor space taken up thereby may be used for storage of cars.

Since there are four ramps between each pair of floors, if blockades occur on three of them, there will still remain one ramp available for the passage of cars from floor to floor.

The ramps may be straight or curved, their inclinations are gradual, and the passageways connecting the ramps are of sufiicient length to permit the cars to develop .good headway in approaching the inclinations.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiment shown, and that various deviations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a garage, the combination of walls, floors within the walls and all in superposed relation, winding paths for the travel of cars from floor-to-floor including passageways on the floors, two series of up-travel ramps and two series of down-travel ramps extending bet-ween openings in the floors, the ramps of each series being in superposed relation, the up-travel ramps and passageways being arranged to form two separate independent circuits for up-travel of two lines of cars, one of said circuits having ramps in each upt-ravel series alternating with the ramps of the other circuit; and the down-travel ramps and passageways being arranged to form two separate independent circuits for down-travel of two lines of cars, one of said down-travel circuits having ramps in each down-travel series alternating with ramps of the other down-travel circuit, each of said up-travel series being disposed adjacent to a downtravel series.

2. In a garage, the combination of walls, tloors within the walls and all in superposed relation, one of said floors having at least two entrances and two exits, two separate independent up-travel circuits leading from the two entrances to the floors and including passageways on the floors, and two series of up-travel ramps extending between openings in the floors, the ramps of each series being in superposed relation; and two separate independent circuits for down-travel cars leading to the exits and including passage ways on the floors and two series of clowntravel ramps extending between openings in the floors, the ramps of each of said downtravel series being in superposed relation; one of the uptravel circuits having ramps in each up-travel series alternating with ramps of the other up-travel circuit, and one of said downtravel circuits having ramps in each down-travel series alternating with ramps of the other down-travel circuit, each of said up-travel series being disposed adjacent to a down-travel series.

3. In a garage, the combination of walls, floors within the walls in superposed relation, winding paths for the travel of cars from floor-tofloor including passageways on the floors, two series of rip-travel ramps extending between openings in the floors in crossing relation and two series of downtravel ramps extending between openings in the floors in crossing relation, the ramps of each series being in superposed relation, the ramps and passageways forming two circuits for up-travel cars and two circuits for downtravel cars, the ramps of the up-travel series and the ramps of the down-travel series being located in crossing relation, and all of said circuits being separate and independent from one another, each of said rip-travel series being disposed adjacent to a down-travel series.

LAWRENCE S. J OSLIN. 

